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REPULSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
Synonyms:
repulsion; standoff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):
stand (a defensive effort)
Derivation:
repulse (force or drive back)
repulse (cause to move back by force or influence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intense aversion
Synonyms:
horror; repugnance; repulsion; revulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):
disgust (strong feelings of dislike)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The force by which bodies repel one another
Synonyms:
repulsion; repulsive force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("repulsion" is a kind of...):
force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)
Attribute:
repulsive (possessing the ability to repel)
Antonym:
attraction (the force by which one object attracts another)
Context examples:
In fear I turned to my poor Madam Mina, and my heart with gladness leapt like flame; for oh! the terror in her sweet eyes, the repulsion, the horror, told a story to my heart that was all of hope.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Martin Eden never looked at him without experiencing a sense of repulsion.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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